FRIDAY, 22ND SEPTEMBER 2017 SEPTEMBERYEARLING SALE SEPTEMBER 11 - 23 144GRADED STAKES WINS SO FAR IN 2017 EBN EUROPEAN BLOODSTOCK NEWS FOR MORE INFORMATION: TEL: +44 (0) 1638 666512 • FAX: +44 (0) 1638 666516 • [email protected] • WWW.BLOODSTOCKNEWS.EU KEENELAND | GERMAN NEWS | SOUTH AFRICAN NEWS | RACING REVIEW TODAY’S HEADLINES TATTERSALLS IRELAND EBN Sales Talk Click here to is brought to contact IRT, or you by IRT visit www.irt.com RECORD-BREAKING SALE CONCLUDES ON A HIGH A week of records at Tattersalls Ireland ended on a high, as a €60,000 The Knockatrina House-consigned Rock Of Gibraltar colt, son of Rock Of Gibraltar took centre stage in Part II of the September Lot 630, who topped Part II of the Tattersalls Ireland Yearling Sale, which turned in a vastly improved set of results. The September Sale when bought for €60,000 by E P Horse main part of the September Sale had seen records fall by the wayside in all key areas, as well as producing a new highest price of €230,000 and a clearance rate of 90%. Yesterday’s action followed The day’s top yearling, Lot 630, was consigned by Knockatrina suit, with a level of trade that was altogether better than the House and was in some demand from the moment he entered corresponding section of the sale last year. the ring. His price quickly shot up to €30,000 before agent Patrick Part II of the sale was reduced from two days to one and this Moyles carried the day when bringing the price to €60,000. The decision paid dividends, as trade picked up markedly. From a half-brother to two winners is out of a Marju mare who numbers smaller number of yearlings, the average jumped forward from the US Stakes winner Sharekann (Be My Guest) amongst her €6,998 to €10,115, the median progressed from €5,000 to €8,000 siblings. Further back this is the family of the dual Gr.1 Derby and the near €2.1m turnover readily surpassed the €1.86m taken winner and sire Shahrastani (Nijinsky). over two days last year. In addition, the clearance rate picked up “He has been bought for an existing client to go racing in Ireland. dramatically, as it went from 65% to 86%. He is a fine, big, athletic colt with a good step to him and he was our Equisoft Live Software ideal for Studs, Trainers & Owners www.equisoftlive.com EQUISOFT ADVERTS 180 x 66.indd 5 12/04/2016 11:46:25 CALL: +44 (0) 1638 66 65 12 1 SALES TALK EBN: FRIDAY, 22ND SEPTEMBER 2017 pick today. We had to pay a bit more than expected, but hopefully he’ll be lucky,” said Moyles. The first half of the day had been dominated by Lot 527, a superb €58,000 colt from the first crop of Xtension and he went to breeze-up man Willie Browne after he outlasted Merrick Francis, who was bidding on behalf of the sire’s former trainer Clive Cox. A high-class runner in the UK before then going on to enjoy top-level success in Hong Kong, Xtension is being represented by his first crop of yearlings this autumn and this colt more than captured the imagination of those in attendance. He is out of a winning daughter of Marju, who has produced four winners so far. “He was expensive, but that’s nearly always the case for the ones that you want. He’s a great walker, a real athlete and he looks a real two-year-old. He will be back for the breeze-up sales in the spring,” commented Browne. FILLY PROVES JUST DANDY FOR AMY BURKE Easily one of the success stories of the day came in the shape of a €50,000 Dandy Man filly, Lot 680, who was snapped up by Curragh trainer Takashi Kodama after he outlasted Eddie Lynam. GABR The Baroda and Colbinstown Studs offering was picked up by owned by Hamdan Al Maktoum Amy Burke for just €5,500 as a foal and, as well as looking the part, wins the 73rd her appeal was further boosted by her juvenile half-sister The £25,000 Tattersalls Pantry (Zebedee) winning in France. Lynam saw off a number of challengers for the chesnut, but he couldn’t contain Kodama, October Book 1 Bonus who recently secured the biggest victory of his training career winning when Elusive Time won the Irish Cambridgeshire at the Curragh. “She is a very nice individual, which is the most important thing for me. I worked for Con Collins when he trained Dandy Man and his £ 37,0 2 8 dam Lady Alexander, so I have always been keen on the sire. I will be training her for a client,” commented Kodama. sold Cheveley Park Stud David Simcock is to take charge of a good-looking son of to Shadwell Estate Company Zoffany, who cost the Blandford Bloodstock team €42,000 after for 300,000 gns they outbid Sarah Dawson for the bay. Lot 591 was offered from Castletown Stud and is the third produce of a Green Desert mare whose two-year-old son Fennaan (Footstepsinthesand) shaped £25,000 Tattersalls October Book 1 Bonus with promise on his recent debut at Kempton and is declared for only for horses sold at a Newbury maiden on Saturday. Further back this is the family of Tattersalls October the Gr.3 winner and Gr.1 Irish Champion Stakes-second Dazzling Yearling Sale, Book 1 Park (Warning). “He is a lovely type, he has a good back page and the two-year-old October 3 - 5 with John Gosden will hopefully provide him with a quick update,” commented Blandford’s Tom Biggs. There was a rather poignant moment later in the day when a filly (Lot 692) from the first crop of War Command was knocked down to Katie Walsh for €35,000. The filly had been pinhooked for €9,000 by Ballylinch Stud’s Mark Byrne and his great friend Jonathan Fitzpatrick, who so sadly passed away last month. Fitzpatrick also bred Coeur D’Amour, who won a two-year-old maiden at Galway during the week. CON MARNANE COLLECTS KODIAC FILLY Another of the day’s high profile lots who is destined to go breezing is a Kodiac filly from Byerley Stud, for whom Con Marnane went to €33,000. Lot 618 is the second produce of an Encosta De Lago half-sister to the high-class Hong Kong-based sprinter Peniaphobia (Dandy Man), who numbers the Gr.1 Hong follow | like | watch Kong Sprint amongst his big race successes. The second dam, Tel: +44 1638 665931 | tattersalls.com Umlani (Great Commotion), is also the dam of the Stakes- winning Rapacity Alexander (Dandy Man) and the Gr.3 Molecomb Stakes-third Safari Sunset (Fayruz). 2 CALL: +44 (0) 1638 66 65 12 SALES TALK EBN: FRIDAY, 22ND SEPTEMBER 2017 Supported by: Al Basti TOP LOTS AL BASTI EQUIWORLD - DUBAI Equiworld TATTERSALLS IRELAND SEPTEMBER YEARLING SALE PART II Lot Sex Sire – Dam Vendor Purchaser Price (€) 630 c ROCK OF GIBRALTAR – Vampress Knockatrina House E P Horse 60,000 527 c XTENSION – Lyca Ballerina Rathbarry Stud Jamie B Bloodstock 58,000 680 f DANDY MAN – Break Bread Baroda & Colbinstown Studs Takashi Kodama 50,000 591 c ZOFFANY – Sanadaat Castletown Stud Blandford Bloodstock 42,000 692 f WAR COMMAND – China In My Hands Ballylinch Stud Greenhills Farm 35,000 CLICK HERE FOR SALE RESULTS “I am delighted to have bought this filly. She was bred by Aidan 603 f ex She’s A Minx 18,000 Fogarty, who is a huge part of the team at Bansha House. He only 620 f ex Terme Cay 11,000 has a few mares, but is a very good breeder, and this is a nice filly who 691 f ex Chevanah v18,000 we will look forward to going breezing with next spring,” reported ALPHA Marnane. 557 c ex Palestrina 17,000 Joe Foley’s spending for the week was rounded off by a Poet’s Voice colt from Ladytown Stables who fetched €34,000. Lot 566 BATTLE OF MARENGO shares his sire with the recent Gr.1 Irish Champion Stakes runner- 565 c ex Pitullie 18,000 up Poet’s Word and is a half-brother to the Gr.3 Craven Stakes- 695 c ex Compassion v7,000 second and Gr.2 Sandown Mile-third Metropolitan Man (Dr 739 c ex Flying Fantasy 5,000 Fong). 754 f ex Happy Flight 3,000 The BBA Ireland team made their presence felt when going to €28,000 for a daughter of Big Bad Bob (Lot 659) from the Castlebridge Consignment. The filly’s family goes back to the great Dancing Brave (Lyphard). David Barron secured a son of Big Bad Bob (Lot 564) from Northmore Stud Milltown House Stud for €25,000. The colt, whose sire unearthed a North End, Exning, Newmarket, CB8 7JR. fresh Stakes winner in Wednesday’s Blenheim Stakes scorer Brick By Brick, is out of a dual two-year-old winner by Acclamation. Another €25,000 purchase came when trainer John Murphy signed for Lot 722, a daughter of Kyllachy. The filly is the first Stud Hand produce of a Dutch Art half-sister to the Gr.3 Anglesey Stakes hero Regional Counsel (Medicean). We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic and Next year’s breeze-up sales beckon for the only Siyouni filly able Stud Hand to join our friendly team (Lot 738) on offer this week. Rockview Stables went to €25,000 for the February-foaled chesnut, who is out of a granddaughter of on a full time basis.